Friday, March 29, 2013

Amaretti

These little cookies are perfect to enjoy with an espresso.

Ingredients

2-1/2 cups almond meal flour
1-1/2 cup sugar
3 egg whites
1 tsp almond extract
1/2 tsp orange extract
Almond slices


Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Line baking sheets with parchment.
Beat egg whites into stiff peaks. Fold in almond meal, sugar, and extracts.

Scoop 1/2 teaspoon of dough, roll into ball, and place on baking sheet.  Place almond slice on cookie. Repeat, setting subsequent balls about 1 inch apart.  Bake until just golden.  Start checking at 10 minutes.  Remember, oven temperatures vary; in my electric oven, they are done in 10 to 12 minutes and in my very slow gas oven, it takes 20 minutes.    Cool on parchment paper before handling cookies.

Easy Meatballs

Ingredients

1/2 lb. ground beef
1/2 lb. hot Italian sausage
1/4 cup milk
1 large egg
1/3 cup Betty Crocker Potato Buds
1 Tbs Worcestershire Sauce
2 Tbs finely diced onion
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1/8 tsp garlic powder

Method

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
Place a rack over the baking sheet; spray rack with nonstick cooking spray.

Combine all the ingredients together in a large bowl.  Lightly form 1-1/4 inch meatballs.  Place meatballs on the rack and bake for 15 minutes or until meatballs have reached an internal temperature of 160 degrees.

Told you it was easy!